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shirt
[ shurt ]
noun
- a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- an undergarment of cotton, or other material, for the upper part of the body.
- a shirtwaist.
- a nightshirt.
shirt
/ ʃɜː /
noun
- a garment worn on the upper part of the body, esp by men, usually of light material and typically having a collar and sleeves and buttoning up the front
- short for nightshirt undershirt
- keep your shirt on informal.refrain from losing your temper (often used as an exhortation to another)
- put one's shirt on informal.to bet all one has on (a horse, etc)
- lose one's shirt on informal.to lose all one has on (a horse, etc)
Other 51Թ Forms
- l adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shirt1
Idioms and Phrases
- in one's shirt sleeves, without a coat: Also in one's shirt-sleeves.
It was so hot that they worked in their shirt sleeves.
- keep one's shirt on, Informal. to refrain from becoming angry or impatient; remain calm:
Tell him to keep his shirt on until we're ready.
- lose one's shirt, Informal. to lose all that one possesses; suffer a severe financial reverse:
He lost his shirt in the stock market.
More idioms and phrases containing shirt
see give the shirt off one's back ; hair shirt ; keep one's shirt on ; lose one's shirt ; stuffed shirt .Example Sentences
In a few photos, he’s even wearing shirts.
“My children, their grandchildren, lost their grandparents. They were very loving people. My father-in-law would have given you the shirt off his back, and so would have Madalynne.”
And when coaches asked about the scar from his procedure, he lifted his shirt to show a long vertical incision running up the length of his chest.
The four came onstage in black pants and shirts and took the Beatles bow.
A teenage girl in a sparkly shirt smiled at her boyfriend.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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